The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-23
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA
The county jail at Barlow is nearly COM
pleted
Clay county gave majority of 90 for
Prohibition.
A building and loan association is talked
of for Barlow.
There are 1913 registered voters in Or
lando precinct.
Orange City's college will open for its
first term Oct. g.
The railroad property of Volusia county
is valued at 1885,, 900
The post office at Collina, Marion county,
has been discontinued
Jacksonville Republicans are organizing
for the coming city election.
Campbell & Chase's new three-story store
at Orange City is completed.
Orange City claims the champion junior
ball team of Volusia county.
Z What Orange City needs more than any
thing else is first-class hotel.
Judge Walker will hear the prohibition
case at Apalachicola on Oct /.
There has not been case before the May
or's Court at Orange City for over year.
There will be negro exhibit at the Sub
TropidI Exposition at Jacksonville this
winter.
Orange City has three of the finest resi-
| dences in the county, to-wit: The Knox,
Hilton and Tucker houses.
Burglars obtained $40 at st. Augustine
Tuesday night by blowing open a safe in
George Myers & Co.'S store.
The fall term of the Circuit Court of the
Seventh judicial circuit, will commence at
Titusville, Brevard county. on Oct II.
The frame of the new church at Orange
City is partially up. When completed it
will be largo, comfortable and handsome.
Nearly every carpenter in Apalachicoa
has been employed in the work of repair
ing tho Reynolds mill property at Cara
| belle
Reports to Apalachicola from the sponge
reef report encouraging prospects. Other
boats have provisioned up for another go at
| the reefs.
| John Mckinney and George Null have
name of Mckinney & Null, for the sale of
| groceries, vegetables, etc
| The st. Augustine Guards are seriously
| contemplating trip TO Atlanta next month,
having an invitation from Maj. Young, of
the Second Battalion State troops.
The tax in Volusia county this year will
| be IA mills This includes all county and
State tax. The county school tax is mills.
The property of the county is assessed this
| year NJ So,o-S.old.
A sad accident occurred at Wiunemissett
last Sunday. Miss Fanny Knowles, while
riding horseback, was thrown and SO seri-
ously injured by the horse stepping upon
her that death resulted.
j. w. Trammell, county executive COM
mitteeman for the State immigration Asso-
| citation, viii hold q meeting at the court
house at Barlow on October -, for the pur-
pose of organizing n county association.
Owing TO the fact that the petition pro-
sented TO the County Commissioners of
Volusia praying for an election on the
whisky question, did not contain the re-
quired number of names the petition was
not granted.
t. l.. Nixon, who, for the past three or
four months, has boon conducting the meat
! market business in Barlow for A. g. ZiD-
perer, has left for parts unknown, carrying
with him between S400 and $500 of his en-
ployer's money.
The fine country residence known as the
! Whitney place, two miles northeast Of
Gainesville was burned Tuesday night with
all its contents. The family was absent
The fire was probably incendiary, as there
was no fire around the premises.
II Is said the British bark Havelock was
| leaking very badly when she left Pensacola
one day last week, and that the sailors were
protesting as the vessel crossed the bar
against going 30 sea. II she met with the
cyclone u il not improbable that She Jared
pretty hadly.
There wa a hearing Of habeas corpus
before Judge Broome. al DeIand last week
The case was that Of Mr.. Rice, charged with
completely Ia the Hoyt murder Of Titus
/ Vile. AZ there VITA nO evidence "a prove
TINT be WA in amy way connected with the
murder he was released
The haleof school lois AZ Barlow Tuesday,
WA quite lively. and nll the l0is brought
! very fair prices They we're cold D.
Tniso funds 81 complete The kuinmefiin
Institute, the work On thia building having
l.Doeu suspended on accguat VI tbo want VI